Started reading as a way to become accustom to the gothic genre - and its definitely an interesting debut novel from Iain Banks. While 'gothic horror' is not what he is famous for, this is still a very solid entry in his bibliography.

Its quite difficult to begin describing this work without spoiling much of the story; but here we go:

The focus - a teenage killer who's murdered three of his young family members.

The setting - an isolated island in Scotland, near Inverness, filled with dunes and all the other features that characterise quiet, British holiday destinations.

And the rest is for you to read, be disturbed by and enjoy!